Media guidelines for the responsible reporting of suicide: A review of effectiveness

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 190-198

  Bohanna, India ^a   Wang, Xiangdong ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Media; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MASS MEDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84867388320     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000137     Document Type: Article

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